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Farm to Table Food Forests Feeding a Permaculture Hotel/Restaurant (Nico Botefur: Essence Arenal)
In this episode, we hear from Nico Botefur of Essence Arenal, an eco-lodge, restaurant, and food forest nestled just across the lake from Volcano Arenal. Nico is another one of those mavericks who’s taken pasture land and turned it into a regenerative food forest and hosting grounds...
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Building with Adobe, Bamboo, Aircrete & Vision [Aly Khan from Brave Earth intentional community]
When natural building meets technological innovations an enchanting beauty is often born. Aly Khan takes us on a tour of Brave Earth’s budding retreat center and the many stages of evolution that their structures have taken them on. From cob huts to aircrete domes, and bamboo A-frames to...
Durian Grafting & Propagating Trees for Market (Peter Kring: Finca La Isla)
Have you ever wondered if having a tree nursery could be a viable business in a small market? Is grafting one of those curious mysteries that you’ve always wanted to learn more about? If so, take a few minutes and drop into the world of Peter Kring, nurseryman & president of the association...
Fruit Forest Maintenance (Peter Kring: Finca La Isla)
Biochar and microorganisms come up again and again in these conversations around soil health, plant health, and even carbon sequestering. Peter takes us onsite, in this video, to one of his fruit forests to explain how he applies these elements into his regenerative systems. If you like what Peter...
Natural Home Cooling (Justin Dolan: St Michael's Permaculture Country Club)
Cooling a house takes a lot of energy and can be a large expense for many living in the tropics and subtropic regions. In this video, we visit St Michael's Permaculture Country Club, home of Justin Dolan in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Justin describes how he's using living roofs and vines to act as a...
Bokashi & Biochar for Better Gardens (Justin Dolan: St Michael's Permaculture Country Club)
Building healthy soil is a cornerstone of a productive garden. Today, Justin shares with us his recipe for making bokashi which is a bio-fermentation process designed to quickly break down organic matter into compost, inoculating the soil with beneficial microorganisms. Justin enhances his...
Bio-Ferments, Water Filtration, and Some Really Big Bambu (Ed Bernhardt: New Dawn Center)
This compost accelerating bio-ferment formula is something that every gardener needs to know about. Ed Bernhardt, master gardener and author, shares his personal recipe for enriching soil quickly. He also gives us a tour of his quick compost systems and an intriguingly simple water filter that...
Greenhouses, Volunteers, & Vanilla Bean Propagation (Suzanna Leff: Finca Amrta)
Ever wonder how a vanilla flower is pollinated? Have you ever seen bamboo used as a hanging lettuce bed? In this video, Suzanna takes us for a tour of her organic homestead, greenhouses, solar food drying room, and shares some insights into her volunteer program and more. Finca Amrta hosts...
Suzanna Leff from Finca Amrta loves Sharing Insights and thinks you will too!
Suzanna was a delight to visit as she shared stories of her 30 years as a homesteader and volunteer coordinator. You can hear the episode at https://sharinginsights.net.
What is an impact center?
Throughout the Sharing Insights Podcast, the term Impact Centers is used occasionally to refer to permaculture farms, eco-retreat centers, and Intentional communities that have some kind of educational and/or outreach component to their mission. It...
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The following Principles are those first identified and defined by David Holmgren in his book “Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability.” My own adaptation follows each as to how I feel these Principles may be applied to our lives and business...
Catch and Store Energy
Catch and Store Energy: “By developing systems that collect resources at peak abundance, we can use them in times of need.” Let’s start with a note about self-care. My friends, human potential is more powerful than we can comprehend. The computing power of our brains...
Obtain a Yield
Obtain a Yield: "Ensure that you are getting truly useful rewards as part of the work that you are doing." There are many different types of yield that can be collected from the fruits of our efforts. Whether it’s turning last year’s composted kitchen scraps into this...
Creatively Use and Respond to Change:
We can have a positive impact on in- evitable change by carefully observing, and then intervening at the right time. Change happens. It’s up to us to decide how we’re going to respond to it. To remain firmly fixed, in the face of change, can be difficult and...
Use Edges and Value the Marginal:
The interface between things is where the most interesting events take place. These are often the most valuable, diverse, and productive elements in the system. As someone who enjoys dreaming up systems composed of systems connected in synergistic ways, this...